Við göngum í gönguskónum okkar eftir mjóum stíg í átt að litlum fossi.

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Breakdown of Við göngum í gönguskónum okkar eftir mjóum stíg í átt að litlum fossi.

• við: we
• ganga: to walk
• í: in

Questions & Answers about Við göngum í gönguskónum okkar eftir mjóum stíg í átt að litlum fossi.

What does Við göngum mean, and why is göngum used instead of the dictionary form ganga?

Við means we.

Göngum is the 1st person plural present tense form of the verb að ganga, which means to walk. So:

• að ganga = to walk
• við göngum = we walk / we are walking

Icelandic verbs change form depending on the subject, so you usually do not keep the infinitive after the subject the way you would in a dictionary entry.

Why is í used in í gönguskónum okkar?

Here í literally means in, but Icelandic often uses í with clothing or footwear where English would more naturally say in, wearing, or sometimes just leave it unspoken.

So í gönguskónum okkar means something like:

• in our hiking boots
• or more naturally in English, wearing our hiking boots

It is not describing movement into the boots. It describes the state of being in them.

Why is it gönguskónum and not gönguskór?